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The Buckeye State

OHIO

Capital
Columbus

State animal
White-tailed deer

State bird
Cardinal

State insect
Ladybug

State tree
Buckeye

State Flower
Scarlet carnation

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Chilicothe during the summer -very quiet in the winter.

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Breakfast on the Farm
Until I was twelve, we lived on the family farm; the farm my mother grew up on. Our farm was a typical Ohio family farm of my grandparents day. The kind ...

Amish Stuffing
Growing up near the heart of Amish country, Holmes county, I didn't always appreciate the benefits of living there. I had a hard time understanding the ...

Amish Peanut Butter Not rated yet
One of the best things about visiting Amish country,in Holmes county Ohio, is the food. Amish cheeses, Trail Bologna, wedding chicken,homemade stuffing,...

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The Ohio State Flower is the red carnation.

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Other Ohio facts

The name Ohio is due to the Ohio River, which was named in turn after the Iroquois term for something large “o-hy-o.”

The buckeye tree has large seeds –despite not being a large tree- that look like the eye of a deer –a male deer is a buck, hence the name. This shade tree used to grow in Ohio plains and hills.

Ohio sites

Ohio Historical Society - look around and you might see inof about historic cooking classes.

Ohio oficial - state government and oficial site..

Ohio public library network - one of the best things -consistently- in USA are the public libraries.

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